as in translating
an instance of expressing something in different words
had to read Dante's Divine Comedy in translation since I don't know Italian
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And live captioning and translation lets users see what a conversation partner is saying in real-time.
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Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Live Translations One of the most novel features that iOS 26 brings to iPhone communication is real-time translations for Spanish, Mandarin, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
The outlets reported that the affidavit said Cobos-Martinez and Nagamallaiah got into a disagreement over a translation issue.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
The production marks the Donmar debut of director Kip Williams, who has written a new translation of the French playwright’s classic work.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
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Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Live Translations One of the most novel features that iOS 26 brings to iPhone communication is real-time translations for Spanish, Mandarin, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
The outlets reported that the affidavit said Cobos-Martinez and Nagamallaiah got into a disagreement over a translation issue.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
The production marks the Donmar debut of director Kip Williams, who has written a new translation of the French playwright’s classic work.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
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Valeria was able to do any translating, and with help from furniture donated by neighbors the Haskells converted their three-bedroom house into a five-bedroom house to accommodate the Zarutskas along with themselves, Valeria’s adult daughter, and three dogs.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Translation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/translation. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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